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  1. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

    sparketteinok replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Since when are animals' lives more important than humans' lives? Ok i like animals and all, but- seriously- the statement of being ok with dissecting a human cadaver but not an animal carcass?? Are u...

  2. Can't take the hospital drama anymore...hospice for me?

    sparketteinok posted a topic in General Nursing

    Vent and request for advice: There is so much fighting, bickering, backstabbing, rudeness, hatefulness and just plain meanness at my hospital on my tele-medsurg floor that I just can't stand it...

  3. Can't take the hospital drama anymore...hospice for me?

    sparketteinok replied to sparketteinok's topic in General Nursing

    this isn't just a case of not liking my job. i guess you didn't read my op. i love my job. and this situation isn't just gossip and office politics, though there is a lot of that, too. the definition...

  4. Can't take the hospital drama anymore...hospice for me?

    sparketteinok replied to sparketteinok's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the input and thank you for sharing your heartfelt stories. It helps to know I'm not alone. There is NOT a job shortage here. There are many, many jobs to be had at this hospital....

  5. Suspended and Unsure.

    sparketteinok replied to VerbalGrl715's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. Managers do not givenurses any kind of backbone and are all too willing to throw the best nurses under the bus. Have seen this too many

  6. Anything Good About Bedside Report?

    sparketteinok replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    We just started it at my hospital, and I think it will be better once all the kinks are worked out. But my biggest question is, if the patient(s) are in pain/nausea, whose responsibility is it to...

  7. Is everything really the nurses fault?

    sparketteinok replied to jerrylundergard's topic in General Nursing

    Q: What's black, 18 inches long, and hangs in front of an a$$hole? A: A stethoscope on a cardiologist. " Or a surgeon!! especially a vascular

  8. Being direct with co-workers, aides, sitting at the desk, ect...advice please

    sparketteinok replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I think you and I work at the same place!! LOL.... Politics, the buddy system (manager and charge are best friends/drinking buddies) and cliques are predominant in my hospital. My charge nurse is...

  9. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    sparketteinok replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    While I agree that good organization skills are a must, as I am terrible with organization but have gotten better through trial by fire, I must say that this nurse's anxiety and mental stress is more...

  10. Had the WORST shadow experience, am shaking

    sparketteinok replied to greenykilt's topic in General Students

    I admire and respect you, greenykilt. You have done what I wish I had the cahoneys to do. In my hospital, it's not really the doctors. It's the nurses. I haven't seen bullying like this since sixth...

  11. I feel like I am working at Walmart...The customer is always right!

    sparketteinok replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say for everyone else here, but it seems that they have the same thoughts as I do: they try all you mentioned above, and then still are abused, with managment rewarding the patient for thier...

  12. Help! How do I sign my name??

    sparketteinok replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    brilliant......:thankya:thank ya thank

  13. Help! How do I sign my name??

    sparketteinok replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as an electrician for a long time before I decided a career change was in order and went to nursing school (and still am in school for my BSN, then NP). Guess my badge could read,...

  14. "Fired for NO Reason"

    sparketteinok replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I know that this is a bit off the thread here, but the comments I read make me think also about the nurses have been nurses forever (not trying to indicate anyone here at all, just going off of my own...

  15. Nurses who tell you what you need to do!! vent!

    sparketteinok replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    You have a break nurse? Wow. That would be awesome. No matter how crappy she was. I would be grateful I had one. I just have to hope and pray, that while I;m trying not to aspirate on whatever...

  16. Staying late to complete your work

    sparketteinok replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is usually how my day goes on a busy tele medsurg unit. I haven't ever been lectured about OT, but I would love to get out on time. Our problem is that report ALWAYS runs 30-45 minutes late,...

  17. CNAs, LPNs, RNs and Pumps and Pearls Please Advise

    sparketteinok replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    miriamsally, I would be honored and privileged to work with you. If only more people had your

  18. Speaking of facebook...inappropriate...but am I within my rights...?

    sparketteinok replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Situations like these are exactly why Facebook, myspace, and others like it are a bad idea. Period. What ever happened to having a "friend" that you actually talked to in person, face to face or on...

  19. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    sparketteinok replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    my hospital does team nursing except each team consisting of one RN and one LPN takes 12 patients every day. We used to be total care and then they switched to team a few months ago and now it's...

  20. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    sparketteinok replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    lacuna, what do you think about team nursing? Do you feel that you could do a better job if the system was total care

  21. Bumper stickers you'd like to see...

    sparketteinok replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Nursing Humor

    YES, stupid IS a diagnosis. NO, I am NOT your pillow-fluffer, I am your

  22. Share your "problem patient" stories!

    sparketteinok replied to nitenite's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about the patients who are "nurses" (whether they really are or not), who are constantly writing down everything you do, complaining to all of management about the horrible care she is getting,...

  23. Looking down upon LTC nurses?

    sparketteinok replied to vicki429's topic in General Nursing

    I work in med-surg as an LPN, and we have gone to team nursing. So now I am "meds". When the charge nurse puts our names on the patient's boards, it will say, So-and-So, RN; sparkette-meds. I don't...

  24. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    sparketteinok replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have two: #1: a while back, my 10 year old daughter passed out at school after PE and not eating any breakfast. She's had a few incidences similar, so I was telling hubby we should check her blood...

  25. "Fired for NO Reason"

    sparketteinok replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Bottom line is, people don't care anymore. And it's more fun to poke someone with a stick and watch them fail than it is to hold out a hand to help people up. As to the original post, people like...